While Ghanaians bask in the glow of Isaac Dogboe's victory against Cesar Juarez on Saturday night, the Mexican feels he was not given a fair chance.
After being dropped in the fifth round - following an initial second-round downer from Dogboe - Juarez was surprised when referee Tony Weeks stopped the bout held at the Bukom Boxing Arena in Accra.
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"Actually I feel very angry. The fight was already mine, Dogboe did not beat me. The one who robbed me and beat me was Tony. He is a professional referee but today there was an act on his part with little professional ethics," said Juarez to ESPN Deportes.
"He had to give me the count. I looked good, he dropped me in the [second] round and that punch was a lot worse, it was harder [than the punch in the fifth]. But you know me, they always drop me and I always get up to win."
Juarez has a history of brawling and being a slugger. And he's no stranger to being knocked down, something he pointed out. He felt Weeks did not put his history into perspective when making the decision.
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"The fight was badly stopped, I got up like a spring because [the punch] didn't put me in a bad condition. He caught me and it was badly stopped. That's why I got up quickly because I immediately recovered. They have seen my fights. They know of my ability, I always get up to win, it happened to me with (Albert) Pagara, with Nonito (Donaire). In all my fights they drop me and I always get up to win, and besides that, I was already dominating Isaac Dogboe."
"He connected me on me hard [in the second], but in the third and fourth rounds, the fifth round.. I felt that I was dominating him.. he was not as strong, I did not feel him having the same power, I felt that I was going to knock him out because he was already very tired. I was fine, and as the rounds progressed I felt more loose and stronger.
"I would really like to get a protest, the referee's performance was bad, he did not ask me if I felt good, I asked him why, 'why are you stop it', I told him I was fine, I said 'I'm good', I'm well, and the truth is I got very angry, it was a moment that filled me with anger because I felt strong enough to continue."
Source: Myjoyonline.com
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